Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1887-08-11

{ .,eeh stopping on the futiatch most OF the
Winter past and recently has visited much
OF the P"tlatch, Moscow and Paouse sec.
lions, report to us very heavy crops of all
Kinds OF s. am. and that if the farmers can
sell at tar price, they can liquidate much
OF indebtedness now lying against their
ranches.
Francis F. Patterson, the newly appoint.
Ell register of the Lewiston land office.
arrived on Monday evening from North
Carolina. His general appearance is that
OF modest and intelligent young man.
az" says he is well pleased vita the couu.
try IN Idaho through which he trav. He'd
We hope his s"l"urn among our people will
be pleasant and agreeable to himself, and
profitable to the Lewiston land district
~ Talkington, sh riff of Idaho county,
has Just returned from southern Oregon
where he went to visit two brothers HON
he had not seen for seventeen years, and an
other he had not seen for ten wears He
| found all IN good health aud had a good time
generally. lie reports the travelling in the
tarsd ring this warm weather as anything
int pleasant the sand and fine dust is very
! suiiocatlug. even in thr closest cars espcc.
tally coming up the COLUMBIA river this side
O: the Datles and through the " ALA Walla
aud Iouchct Valleys.
+. P. Crane, who was here some weeks
ago With a car load OF Hereford Bul 5, err
rived here again ON Wednesday and in
formed us that he would have number
OF Hereford Hcifers and bulls here on Sat.
urday next for sale. We can say that
MIR c. during his stay here before proved
himself and the cattle he sold to be Just
what he represented. and those VIII, pur.
ch L.. L.
brings this tune are of the same class of
cattle end those VIII" desire to inspect them
can do 50. If you want bl,ohed helfer
or Lu'l now is your chance to purchase
| good one.
A. d. Green. U, s. neputy Marshal, on o
complaiat for violating the timber law, about
Aug 2 arrested c. W. Colby, Albert Small
| Frank iaplan, Archie McKennon and Sylvester
| Ramic and took them before u s. c. mnissipn-
| ers Henev Melier at Ea'hdrum, who, after
hearing. dismissed all parties. On the 9Th
| lost, 'ircen immediately arrested Alb TT small
9. Colby. Archie Mckennon and Frank
faplan on warrants rom U. :. mmi>si ner
| Thus huds N and brou. BIT them to Lewist n
for examination. U. S assistant attorney
! woods is with Green t. prosecute and am
Vmson and Wayne Furgurson come along as
witnesses for the U. ;. :. G. Hyde will be in
'ttendance for the defense They all arrived
on last evening
The Vigor Of Life advertisers, consisting
OF SIX gentlemen. have be, n giving free
concerts on our streets during the past
week On Tuesday evening they conclud-
ed their stay in our city with = concert in
/ the Il. { B. hail. where they were greeten
With a crowded audience. Toe entertain.
ment through bout was superb, aud highl,
al re,'iated. Mr.. Frank H. Veach in his
sie,ial les was immense, creating mi this
vi laughter Prof. Bailey, tn. violinist,
! greatly interested the audience, doing him.
self proud in the imitation Of different ami
mails, birds and musical instruments on
his violin After the entertainment, about
twentr Hpe remained and engaged in
dancine ailh was kept up until about
| ~ o'c! =.
John Roberts is down from his horse
ranch on Snake river His ranch is about
| twenty miles below where the ten China.
men were supposed to have been murder.
ed early in June last. He says about
eleven or twelve sacks of -four were dump
ed ont on the bank of the river by some
persons near Roberts ranch about tina,
time and no one has ever returned t.,
claim its ownership. 1t has been gathered
up aud protected ever since BY Mr.
Jones another rancher along the river
None OF the party of twenty Cinnamon
who were min,ns twenty miles above them
have made an appearance at their ranches
since early in June They were mining
on the Oregon side and their ranches are
On the Idaho side.
! For ELK Cry. - Hiram Terwilliger and p
Mr.. Chase of Portland, arrived here Satur.
day last en- route for the mountains about
FIX City to prospect. MIR. Tcrwileyer We
knew well when quite lad in Portland.
and met him afterwards in 1862 with his
father in Florence. They then went up
Salmon river and out in the vicinity Of Buf.
fa'o Hump anu did much prospecting. Mr.
Chase was in the Orc Fine district in 1861
and afterwards in the Elk City district and
did much work there for some time The,
both return after twenty five years absence
to examine ground that they p,ospected in
: those days. They have more experience
and observation in mining matters than
when in this section III the sixties. They
are both men of muscle, wel;to.do and no
d'nnt will do good work. We wish then,
success.
D. Spurbcck reported to us on Tuesday
that he had just vi lted Cotton aud other
points on the Spokane s Palouse branch
that at Cotton he was informed by Mr.
Stanley that it was in contemplation OF
the company to build the mali,
line down Steptoe canyon aud up Snake
river to Lewiston, and that the engineers
were t" make an examination Of the rout.
forthwith this week, aud MIR. Stanley va.
to accompany them; that they would sur
vey a grade as far as they could w,thou,
using cable. aud the balance they woul.
prepare a grade for u cable road. He saw
five companies Of graders between Colto,
and Genesee that the road to Genese'
will be but a branch Of the main line t,
Lewiston wa Steptoe MIR. SpurhecI
seems to think they are in earnest an,
mean business when they talk Of buildin
down Steptoe.
A petition to our city council has been il
circulation during the past week. beseech
ing of that honorable body t" pass such n
ordinance as will compel parties ownin
cows within the city limits to keep them o
the street, aud also from entering yard
and destroying orchards, gardens &c. TIL
petition. We understand. was we'll signe
by our citizeGs and will be presented at tn
u xt meeting of tn. city fathers. Sept. 8
Partis 8 owning cows who would be requires
to be obedient to such an ordinance, hav
in circulation remonstrance to the petit"
and ask the council not to pass such an OF
dinAnce, aud gives as a reasCh, in snbstancs
that 1t would Inconvenience them too niue
til have them to keep ths,rstocs from the dos
yards of their neighbors. Ne admit that
would cause them to l. ok after heir stOc
/, aud prevent them from tresspassing but